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- Title
Kinetics of chlorobenzene biodegradation under reduced oxygen levels.
- Authors
Balcke, Gerd Ulrich; Wegener, Silke; Kiesel, Bärbel; Benndorf, Dirk; Schlömann, Michael; Vogt, Carsten
- Abstract
Focussing on the role of chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase (CC12O), an oxygen-dependent key enzyme in the aerobic catabolism of chlorobenzene (CB), Pseudomonas veronii strain UFZ B549, Acidovorax facilis strain UFZ B530, and a community of indigenous groundwater bacteria were amended with CB degradation under either oxic or hypoxic conditions. All cultures readily degraded CB at high oxygen availability, but had differing abilities to completely degrade CB when exposed to oxygen limitation. For the three cultures very distinct oxygen half-saturation constants (0.3-11.7 μM) for the respective CC12Os were obtained and protein analysis showed that high affinity-type A. facilis and low affinity-type P. veronii express CC12Os, which belong to different structural clusters. From this a functional relation between CC12O type and the ability to cope with efficient ring fission under oxygen limitation is anticipated. Extremely high oxygen affinities for CC12Os support the assumption that truly oxic environments are not an essential requirement to degrade chloro(aromatic) compounds. Tiny quantities of oxygen permanently resupplied will sufficiently maintain the growth of microaerophilic specialists with the ability to transform chloro(aromatics) via catechol intermediates.
- Subjects
CHLOROCATECHOLS; CHLOROBENZENE; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; HYDROGEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; POLYPHENOLS; ORGANOCHLORINE compounds; PHOTOSYNTHETIC oxygen evolution; FUNGUS-bacterium relationships
- Publication
Biodegradation, 2008, Vol 19, Issue 4, p507
- ISSN
0923-9820
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10532-007-9156-0